Guy de Maupassant

Mathlide Loisel, who was born on the opposite side of the economic spectrum that she believes she should have been. Madame Loisel was never comfortable with who she was. “The Diamond Necklace” is a short story written in 1884 by a French writer Guy de Maupassant. The short but interesting story is about a “pretty and charming” young lady, Mathlide might have been gorgeous but she was still full of greed and stubbornness. Mathlide was never comfortable with who she really was. She always…

pride of a character goes too far, and bad things happen to others around them, or themselves. There are two good books that represent; pride distracting the characters. These two books include The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst and The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant. The Scarlet Ibis is about a little boy who was born disabled, he couldn’t walk and learned to talk later than…

In The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, Mrs. Loisel endures ten years of hard inducing work, only to discover that she did all of it for nothing, wasting a decade of her life, but is the blame primarily her fault? The discovery of the necklace fraud might lead the reader to believe that this whole situation is all on Mrs. Loisel. Now it might be easy to say she made the primary mistake on that dreadful night, however there are a lot of factors to consider that might sway one’s opinion on the…

In the first two paragraphs Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace” displays Madame Mathilde Loisel; a young woman that comes from a family with no caste or class, married off to a clerk in the Ministry of Education in France—though she desired and had a deep belief that she deserved better. Madame felt that every luxury or delicacy she’s has seen others experienced, that she had merited it as well and that she was drowning, suffering from the poorness of her household and its contents…

a lot of similarities and differences. First character is Lady Macbeth a novel called Macbeth written by the one and only Shakespeare, second character is M. Loisel from the necklace and third is Mrs.Lantin from ”The jewels“ both written by Guy de Maupassant. Of all the Shakespeare novels and characters in my opinion Lady Macbeth stands out with these amazing characteristics that we love to see in a female character, Lady Macbeth represents strength of will and cruelty and is acknowledged for…

unexpectable. Among numerous fiction stories, there are three particular stories that have their unique and remarkable plot twists; the stories are “The Blue Cross” by G.K. Chesterton, “The Fasting-Artist” by Franz Kafka, and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. These stories deliver various notable life…

The Importance of Appreciation Greediness and lack of appreciation can cause a person to lose what is most important. “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, is a short story about a woman, Mathilde Loisel, who wants more than she has, and because of this she ends up in a state which was worse than beforehand. “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, is about a woman, Dee, who visits her family and tries to take a quilt that would look good hanging in her home, but the quilt was promised to her younger…

woman who dwells on the past. The setting of “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” takes places in Georgia and Florida. Its presumed to be set in the 1950’s. The theme of the story is a mystery that sets you up for a tragic ending. In “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, Mathilde is prideful of…

THE AUTHOR: GUY DE MAUPASSANT Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August, 1850 – 6 July, 1893) is a French writer who has written many poems, novels and short stories in his lifetime. But he is most well-known for his short stories, in fact considered as one of the fathers of modern short stories. He served as role model for O. Henry and Somerset in respect to his clever plotting of story. His stories paint a fascinating picture of French Society of 19th century. He generally wrote about…

Philosophers have contemplated if aspiring for material wealth is contradictory to moral life. Guy Maupassant explores this concept of materialism in his short story, The Necklace. Set in Paris in the late 1800’s, the story focuses on Monsieur and Madame Loisel. The latter is unhappy as hse finds life to be inadequate and empty of the luxuries she deserves. The Loisels revcieve an invitation to a ball. Concerned with what others will think of her, she borrows a diamond necklace from a friend of…